St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-02
POW DERBY SCORED.

A Minneapolis Correspondents Dis
sects His Letter Against the Am.
arctlistS.
To the Editor of the Globe:
| have Just read Mr.. Powderly's last let
ter in condemnation and abuse of the social
lists and beg leave to occupy space in your
paper in response to that communicating
letter. 1t does not follow that because t.
Y. Powderly chose to hurl insult and
abuse at the anarchists and socialists that
they in turn should insult and abuse him.
We value our principles and respect the
sovereign of reason too much for that. Mr..
Powderly comes out in an open letter con-
demnng the socialists For what? Be-
cause, he says, the socialists are too prompt
to meet him and his party to discuss the
labor problem with them. True. it is a
great popularity and weakness of the
anarchists and socialists; they are
always on hand with their weapons,
truth and logic, to crush, smash.
pulverize and aEnihlate sophistry and
falSehoOd. and it is a peculiarly and weak
ness of Nj. Powderly and his followers not
to meet these people in bold and open discus
sion. His calber cannot stand the heavy
pressure of the force of reason and truth
hurled at him by the anarchists and social
lists. So, to protect his popularity and
party, this dictator and boss of the Knights
of Labor says: Il will vigorously object
to allowing socialists to step to the front of
all meetings gotten up in the interest of
labor" In other words, he will vigorously
object to the vindication of right and JUS
tice. He further says that as a remedy for
the labor grievances we desire to use the
knife, bludgeon, musket and Calling guns
ii hot
Powderly should so rashly and ignorantly
condemn that which he certainly
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.
We anarchists and socialists, being the
real friends of liberty and justice, do not
wish to use these instruments of destruc-
ton. No. But we do advocate the use of
force where an attempt is made against the
unprescriptible rights OF man, and we say to
every individual that every such act is ar
btrary and void, and if an attempt be made
to execute the law by violence or artitice. 1t
is not only permitted but enjoined upon
every individual to repeI such assaults even
by force Resistance to oppression is a
necessary consequence of the other rights
of man. When the government violates
the rights of the people, instruction is fol-
the people and for every portion of the peo-
pie the most sacred of rights and the
most ulSpeHSdUlS VI uuJ!cS- w Hel
the social contract fails to protect
a member of the social body he resumes
his natural rights to defend personally all
his rights. Mr.. Powderlys idea to subject
to legal forms the resistance to oppression
is the last refinement of tyranny. and is
both infamous and monstrous. This same
gentleman in his letter of denunciatioI
speaks against the use of force by arms anC
of blood and fire. Yet in the very same
article, he boldly and joyfully heralds the
fact that the liberty and rights of the PEG
pie of this country was sanctifed by TIT
blood of patriots. This man Powderly con
dennis the socialists now. thing which hi
has never done before. Why? Because h,
has tried every possible means to effect
reconciliation between his party and tn
socialists, so that he could strengthen hi
party. This is well-known fact, and find
ing that the socialists were not made of
reconciliable type and that they refused t
chew with him his
MUSH AND MILK,
he turns upon us like an Infatuated tiger
and knowing that his logic wont hoI
water. he, as is generally the case with pee
ple who can no longer make use of thei